Vanessa+Roe


 * SUMMARY:** "Vanessa," age 35, died of abortion complications in 1973.

"Vanessa" is one of the women Life Dynamics notes on their "Blackmun Wall" of women killed by legalized abortion.

Vanessa was 35 years old when she underwent a suction abortion in 1973. She was 12 weeks pregnant.

After the procedure, Vanessa suffered a fatal pulmonary [|embolism].

Source: "Fatal Pulmonary Embolism During Legal Induced Abortion in the United States from 1972-1985," Lawson, Herschel W., MD, Atrash, Hani K., MD, MPH, Franks, Adele L., MD, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol. 162, No. 4, April 1990, p. 986-990

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